Texas Commission on Environmental Quality
KTB has partnered with the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality since early 2000’s to promote and administer the Texas Waterway Cleanup Program. The TWCP encourages individuals to organize teams and focus cleanup efforts on rivers, lakes, ponds, creeks or streams within their community; once a group registers its cleanup event with KTB, it receives free supplies, tools and promotional and educational materials to make the effort a success. Per this partnership, 16,333 volunteers cleared 930 miles of Texas waterways in 2009, resulting in the collection of 568,000 lbs of debris.
KTB also serves as a third-party administrator for the commission's Supplemental Environmental Projects (SEP) program. When the TCEQ cites an environmental infraction and levies a fine against a business or organization, that entity can negotiate an agreement to fund a SEP project to offset the penalty. KTB administers the funds through the KTB affiliate network; when an affiliate’s project plan is approved, the amount of the fine is redirected to the affiliate's community or the county in which the infraction occurred. A potential SEP can include the cleanup of an illegal dump site, community collection of household hazardous waste, a waterway cleanup, or a pollution prevention project.
KTB has partnered with the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality since early 2000’s to promote and administer the Texas Waterway Cleanup Program. The TWCP encourages individuals to organize teams and focus cleanup efforts on rivers, lakes, ponds, creeks or streams within their community; once a group registers its cleanup event with KTB, it receives free supplies, tools and promotional and educational materials to make the effort a success. Per this partnership, 16,333 volunteers cleared 930 miles of Texas waterways in 2009, resulting in the collection of 568,000 lbs of debris. KTB also serves as a third-party administrator for the commission's Supplemental Environmental Projects (SEP) program. When the TCEQ cites an environmental infraction and levies a fine against a business or organization, that entity can negotiate an agreement to fund a SEP project to offset the penalty. KTB administers the funds through the KTB affiliate network; when an affiliate’s project plan is approved, the amount of the fine is redirected to the affiliate's community or the county in which the infraction occurred. A potential SEP can include the cleanup of an illegal dump site, community collection of household hazardous waste, a waterway cleanup, or a pollution prevention project.
